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News briefing: Teenagers ‘more aspirational and truanting less’

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Tuesday 23 August 2016 10:55 AM

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Young people are more positive about school, less likely to truant and more aspirational about university than a decade ago, new research suggests. However, teenagers’ mental wellbeing appears to have worsened, particularly among girls, with the better-off experiencing more psychological distress.

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